KS3 Science curriculum plans 2012-14

SCIENCE YEAR 7 CURRICULUM PLANS 2012-14

MODULE 1 Cells and Green Plants  cells  plants and photosynthesis  plants for food

MODULE 3 Energy  energy resources  conduction, convection and radiation  sound and hearing  light

MODULE 2 Introducing Chemistry    

solids, liquids and gases solutions acids and alkalis simple chemical reactions  heating and cooling (part)

MODULE 4 Earth and beyond  solar system  rocks and weathering  rock cycle  environmental chemistry

Text books: Class books Home book

Scientifica 7 and Framework 7 Lett’s Revision Guide and Workbook

Students are taught in their tutor groups in Year 7. Modules are taught in rotation. Each student will study all modules during the course of the year, but the order in which the modules are taught will vary for different teaching groups.

SCIENCE YEAR 8 CURRICULUM PLANS 2012-14

MODULE 1 Human Biology  reproduction  food and digestion  respiration

MODULE 3 Forces    

forces speeding up pressure and moments gravity and space

MODULE 2 Chemistry and Reactions  atoms and elements  compounds and mixtures  reactions of metals  patterns of reactivity

MODULE 4 Environment  environment  ecological relationships  pesticides and the food chain  microbes and disease

Text books: Class books Home book

Scientifica 8 and Framework 8 Lett’s Revision Guide and Workbook

Students are set in Year 8 into four ability groups. Modules are taught in rotation, with students having a different teacher for each one. All students will study all of the modules during the course of the year, but the order in which the modules are taught will vary for different teaching groups.

SCIENCE YEAR 9 CURRICULUM PLANS 2012-14

MODULE 1 Electricity  electrical circuits  electromagnets

MODULE 2 Variation and plant processes  variation  photosynthesis and respiration

Text books: Class books Home book

Scientifica 9 and Framework 9 Lett’s Revision Guide and Workbook

Students are set in Year 9 into four ability groups. Modules are taught in rotation. Each student will study all modules during the course of the year, but the order in which they are taught will vary for different teaching groups. These modules will be taught up to the end of Term 2 in Year 9. Students will sit an informal exam based on KS3 work in term 3, following a period of revision in class. Students will then begin their GCSE course, and study the Biology 1 module.

MINI-MODULE 1  Diet  Health  Infectious disease

MINI-MODULE 2  Nervous system  Hormones  Homeostasis

MINI-MODULE 3  Adaptation  Environmental change  Energy transfer and decay

MINI-MODULE 4  Genes, chromosomes, DNA  Cloning and GM  Evolution

Students will sit this exam at the end of Year 10.